The Mouth of Sauron
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 4
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #216 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.21 USD
When The Mouth of Sauron enters, target player mills three cards. Then amass Orcs X, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in that player's graveyard. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
The Mouth of Sauron has 2 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #6,479 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (15,253 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 7 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run The Mouth of Sauron
- Hosts of Mordor - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Commanders that run The Mouth of Sauron most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 15,253 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 3,627 decks
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings: 2,269 decks
- Saruman of Many Colors: 726 decks
- Lo and Li, Royal Advisors: 222 decks
Often played with The Mouth of Sauron
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Some spells and abilities that amass Orcs may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't amass Orcs.
- : Amass Zombies works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token if you don't control an Army. If the Army creature you chose isn't already a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Zombies, you can end up with an Orc Zombie Army.
- : Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.
- : If you don't control an Army, the Orc Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
- : To amass Orcs N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- : Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."
- : In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Orcs, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.